Disclaimer: Do I have to explain myself? The Lost World doesn't belong to
me but I do own Christina!! He He He!
Notes: Thanks for the reviews!!!! Your kindness has touched my heart!!!
Plateau, 1922
A couple of days passed and Marguerite's health returned rapidly. She was grateful that Christina helped her heal and found out from Roxton her story. Marguerite felt terrible and she spent some time with her and in a small period of time they became a little close.
Marguerite could relate to some of Christina's past actions and it was easy for both women to talk about their lives. Christina knew she shouldn't get close to any of these people but she felt like she belong and they accepted her without fear. That reason made her heart glow the way it use to when she was around Mark.
On a cool morning Roxton found Christina out on the balcony. He approached her and noticed right away she seemed to be in deep in thought. Christina heard him coming and acknowledge him.
"What are you up to? You know it's pretty cool out and you might catch a chill," pointed out the hunter.
"I don't get chills," she replied coldly.
Roxton was taken aback by her tone. Normally, well since he met her, he never saw their guest act like that.
"Sorry," she said. "I didn't mean to snap at you but I had this feeling when I got up and had to check it out."
"What?"
"I went for a short walk and there was something amiss. The wind became really cool from where you guys said you found me. I went over there and I felt a shock." She faced Roxton and looked at him in the eyes. This little movement sent chills down his spine.
"They're coming," she whispered in a low tone that was at light as air.
"They're coming?" he repeated.
She nodded. "I can feel them. The leader was about to step into the light and I left as fast as I could. Listen, they won't find this place soon because the first thing they're going to see is David's rotting corpse. Those hunters will cry over the lost of their beloved hero and about time they finish their mourning we have to fight back. After all, like I mentioned you are all now in this."
Christina returned back into the house with Roxton following. He couldn't believe what Christina just revealed to him and for the first time, dread took over. He didn't want to risk any of the others' lives nor his own. He became tempted to tell the future woman she was on her own but she was right. They helped her and now they must fight not only to protect her but for themselves as well.
In the shadows, Christina had seen his fear all over his face. Even though, he tried not to show his emotions, she could easily read them. She wasn't happy either about them helping her since they were just bystanders that happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. She sighed and told herself she had to face the facts. They were doing a noble deed and for that she was thankful that they see her as a friend and not a monster. Before she was told about her origins, she always got along with humans' and now it was hard for her to even trust a human. Mark was dead and he was the only human who cared for her and it was people, like David, that made her blood boil.
Touching her necklace, she went to wake the others'.
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The golden light was so bright that Carl became blinded. He wasn't sure if he was moving in the right direction but as soon as him and the gang saw a new light they found themselves in a new world.
Walking around the newly conquered area, Carl grinned. A jungle. What a perfect setting for our little friend, he mused. Carl never traveled to the Amazon but the place was so full of life that he appreciated the landscape. As a vampire hunter, many of the creatures seek different types of terrain so they can't be found, but he knows any place is possible.
"Sir!" screamed Cain.
"What is it?" Carl demanded as he ran up to the young man.
Shaking, Warren Cain lifted a finger to the object. Following his finger, Carl saw what appeared to be a lump. Moving to it, he realized it was no other than the Great Hunter David Kaulfuss.
"Pity. What a way to go," he murmured as he inspected the body. His neck was completely mutilated and blood was all over the chest and what used to be a face was repainted all red. There were a few scratches on his arms and some bite marks on his legs. David's eyes were open wide full of terror. Carl closed his eyelids and turning to the sicken Cain, he ordered, "Get something to hold the body and when we return, Kaulfuss will be given the appropriate burial."
"Yes sir," he replied.
Carl strolled up to the cage to where the prisoners were held. "One of our own was murdered by your own kind and I feel the right way to avenge his death is by doing the same way to you," he sneered. "But I'm not going to do that to you. Oh no, no, no." He grabbed the bars and growled, "She will pay! And when I'm through with her you all will share the same fate!" Letting go, he laughed all the way to where the rest of the group was.
The prisoners looked at each other with worry. "I hope Christina isn't here," whispered a lovely dark-haired woman. She looked at the handsome man next to her as he nodded in agreement. Wrapping his arm around his wife, he pulled her to him and rested his chin on her head. The other prisoner glazed at the couple and turned her focus into the jungle. "Christina," she said, "I hope you're not here for your parents' sake."
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"Hurry! We have to get out of here," yelled Christina. The weary explorers' trudged behind her. They were all waken early and had no time to eat breakfast since Christina was hustling them out the tree house. There was no explanation for the rush and Marguerite was becoming angry.
"Christina! What's the rush?" she called.
Still facing behind, Christina retorted, "If you all want to live then you'll follow me with no questions ask until I say."
The tone made all of them quiet and they kept walking in silence. Finn couldn't take it any more and ran up to the future girl. "Hey! Look I know you want to get out of here but you don't have to be rude to my friends'. They brought you in and the least you could do is show them some respect and answer them! You keep saying how horrible your life is and they felt sorry for you! But it's not enough is it? You keep an image that all humans' are bad and you forget that people are different and you can't assume their feelings. I know you've gotten close to Marguerite and think of her for a second and not yourself. She's willing to help you because she went through the same troubles as you. I'm sorry you lost Mark but guess what?! I lost all of my family and friends' and you don't see me sulking! So why don't you take a good look at yourself and see you are no different than David." Finn left Christina and went to check on Marguerite.
Resuming her pace, Christina thought of what Finn just said. She's right, she thought, I am no different than David. I guess I should offer them an explanation to my behavior.
"We'll take a break in 10 minutes and then I'll tell you everything that's to be known," she said.
Christina looked at Finn and Finn smiled.
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After walking for another mile, Christina and the others' stopped near a pond. While Challenger and Veronica were filling their canteens, Christina apologized to Marguerite.
"It's okay," the heiress said.
Christina gave her a small smile. "I know I can be demanding at times and a little bossy but I'm just stressed out."
"That sounds familiar," Roxton smirked as he looks at his beloved.
"I do not Lord Roxton!" she yelled and hit his arm.
Rubbing his arm, he grinned. How I love to tease her, he thought.
How I love to wipe that silly grin off his face, even if I have to kill him, the dark-haired beauty thought.
When Veronica and Challenger came back, Christina decided to get to the point.
"First of all, I want to say thank you for your kindness and I'm terribly sorry I was pushy this morning. I told Roxton that I had a feeling the other vampire hunters were coming. I wanted to leave the tree house immediately so we can take an advantage of them when they come. I bought us some time by leaving David out where they could find him and when they're busy with him we can leave this area and go to a safer ground."
"A safer ground? Sorry Christina but I grew up on the plateau and there's no safer place than the tree house," Veronica told her.
The vampire shook her head. "There is a much safer place for to us to go and I'm not surprised you don't know about it."
"What is it?" inquired the scientist.
"When my ancestors built the temple I used to come here, they transported themselves what they called 'paradise'. This is 'paradise' for any vampire since there's plenty of game and no pesky vampire hunters. Nathaniel had a castle built that could house hundreds of vampires whenever there was a need to escape. Sadly, the location died with Nathaniel and the people who built it. No one could find it and it became a legend for kids to hear. I know where it is and so does Roxton, Marguerite, and Challenger."
"You mean.?" Marguerite asked.
"Yup. Calista's castle."
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Meanwhile, Carl and his group weren't faring well. They already lost two men to some raptors and the group became terrified. They were starting to run low on ammo and the men were becoming restless. They wanted to leave and give up on the chase. They already have 3 vampires and that's a pretty good haul.
But Carl wasn't willing to give up.
"Sir, could we at least leave? We have 3 of the creatures and we are not going to find Christina or whomever you want. She's gone and we are not going to find her," stated Johnson.
"Shut up Johnson and that's a order," Carl replied.
The group kept going on. Carl knew neither of them would understand of his intentions. He not only wanted revenge, oh no, his goal extended from there. The death of the vampires' leaders will be a fine victory but that was not what he wanted. As crazy as it sounds he wanted to.
"Raptors!" yelled some men.
Out of the bushes were at least a dozen hungry raptors and these new trespassers looked pretty tasty.
"Fire men!" ordered Carl.
Before anyone who could get the first shot, one raptor jumped on Johnson. Johnson started screaming as the raptor took a tasty bite of his arm. The others circled around the group and the men stood there dumbfounded. The cage where Christina's parents and friend were was attack by a couple of raptors.
"Leave us!!!!" hissed Christina's father. The others ran to the front and bearing their fangs hissed and yelled at the dinosaurs. Out of pure luck, the raptors stopped and joined the others.
"Shoot you maggots!" yelled Carl.
With no reaction, Carl took his rifle and started firing at the raptor that held Johnson captive. He fell dead and then the other men started firing.
"Ahhhh!" screamed one man.
"Help!!!" screamed another.
No matter how much they tried fighting the raptors seemed to keep coming and they're not willing to give up this snack. One raptor came up behind Carl and shoved him to the ground. Carl's rifle flew from his hands and he laid there in terror, as the raptor was about to rip his leg off.
Bang!
The raptor fell dead and Cain looked at Carl and threw him his rifle. "Thanks son!" Carl said.
After a few minutes, the remaining raptors gave up and fled. The men cheered and Carl went around checking the wounded.
"Thanks Magger. I owe you," Johnson said.
"You do," he replied. Carl pointed his gun at Johnson's head and fired. The others stood there in shock at the scene before them.
"Any one who is wounded must be eliminated and that's an order!" he stated.
"Why would you kill your own men?" yelled Christina's friend, Monica.
"It's the only way to end their suffering and to prevent them from turning into you!" he spat.
Turning towards Cain, Carl said: "Cain I'm putting you in charge of making sure this order is being pull through. I don't want to see any men bleeding on my turf, understand?"
"Yes but sir what about the ones who aren't severely wounded," Cain pointed out to his buddy Brown, who had a small cut on his arm thanks to a scratch of a raptor's nail.
"Shoot them anyways. We can always go back for more men," Carl mumbled.
So the order was carried out much to the men distastes. It was hard to kill a friend or family, since a son had to shoot his father. The bodies were piled on top of each other for any hungry predators. Carl told them that they couldn't give them a proper memorial since they had no room to carry them.
They went off on the unmarked trail. Carl kept moving with his head high and in the back some men whispered among themselves about their leader's attitude. The prisoners were sickened by the actions'.
"Mr. Smith why would they do such a thing?" asked Monica.
"Simple, Mon. The only true cannibals are humans since they have no feelings to the likes of a lower life," he explained.
"I can't believe I used to be one of them," whispered Claire, Christina's mother.
Her husband held her close and they sat in silence.
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After a few hours Cain tried to convince Carl that they were lost and should turn back.
"Sir, we have no ammo in case of another ambush. We should abort and return these men home safely," he said.
Carl blinked. "I'm surprised by you Cain. I was hoping you would have more faith in me."
"I do but it's just."
"What? I promise you on the grave of my mother's that we will find a place to keep us safe."
"You had a mother?" asked Cain incredulous.
"Surprising isn't it?" Carl laughed. "You know I like you a lot and you could go places if you're with me."
Cain left him and thought of what Carl said.
Carl grinned. The lad's a sharp pick and that's the kind of attitude we need, he thought.
In a half hour the men grew restless and complained about everything. Carl kept on a straight face and kept moving. Cain was about to try to talk some sense into him when Carl stopped.
"What it is sir?"
"I told you Cain I will find a safe place for us and looks like I found ourselves our own heaven in the jungle," Carl pointed up.
High in the trees stood the tree house.
To be continued.............
So what do you guys think? We have some people close to Christina who are prisoners to Carl. The tree house gang is on their way to Calista's castle and the jerk Carl had most of his men killed and found the tree house. I don't know about you but there sure are some pretty frustrating suspenseful scenes. I love it!!! Please review!!! I need some more reviews or I might not finish. Just Kidding!!! Do you think I would do that? Nooooooooo.
Notes: Thanks for the reviews!!!! Your kindness has touched my heart!!!
Plateau, 1922
A couple of days passed and Marguerite's health returned rapidly. She was grateful that Christina helped her heal and found out from Roxton her story. Marguerite felt terrible and she spent some time with her and in a small period of time they became a little close.
Marguerite could relate to some of Christina's past actions and it was easy for both women to talk about their lives. Christina knew she shouldn't get close to any of these people but she felt like she belong and they accepted her without fear. That reason made her heart glow the way it use to when she was around Mark.
On a cool morning Roxton found Christina out on the balcony. He approached her and noticed right away she seemed to be in deep in thought. Christina heard him coming and acknowledge him.
"What are you up to? You know it's pretty cool out and you might catch a chill," pointed out the hunter.
"I don't get chills," she replied coldly.
Roxton was taken aback by her tone. Normally, well since he met her, he never saw their guest act like that.
"Sorry," she said. "I didn't mean to snap at you but I had this feeling when I got up and had to check it out."
"What?"
"I went for a short walk and there was something amiss. The wind became really cool from where you guys said you found me. I went over there and I felt a shock." She faced Roxton and looked at him in the eyes. This little movement sent chills down his spine.
"They're coming," she whispered in a low tone that was at light as air.
"They're coming?" he repeated.
She nodded. "I can feel them. The leader was about to step into the light and I left as fast as I could. Listen, they won't find this place soon because the first thing they're going to see is David's rotting corpse. Those hunters will cry over the lost of their beloved hero and about time they finish their mourning we have to fight back. After all, like I mentioned you are all now in this."
Christina returned back into the house with Roxton following. He couldn't believe what Christina just revealed to him and for the first time, dread took over. He didn't want to risk any of the others' lives nor his own. He became tempted to tell the future woman she was on her own but she was right. They helped her and now they must fight not only to protect her but for themselves as well.
In the shadows, Christina had seen his fear all over his face. Even though, he tried not to show his emotions, she could easily read them. She wasn't happy either about them helping her since they were just bystanders that happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. She sighed and told herself she had to face the facts. They were doing a noble deed and for that she was thankful that they see her as a friend and not a monster. Before she was told about her origins, she always got along with humans' and now it was hard for her to even trust a human. Mark was dead and he was the only human who cared for her and it was people, like David, that made her blood boil.
Touching her necklace, she went to wake the others'.
+++
The golden light was so bright that Carl became blinded. He wasn't sure if he was moving in the right direction but as soon as him and the gang saw a new light they found themselves in a new world.
Walking around the newly conquered area, Carl grinned. A jungle. What a perfect setting for our little friend, he mused. Carl never traveled to the Amazon but the place was so full of life that he appreciated the landscape. As a vampire hunter, many of the creatures seek different types of terrain so they can't be found, but he knows any place is possible.
"Sir!" screamed Cain.
"What is it?" Carl demanded as he ran up to the young man.
Shaking, Warren Cain lifted a finger to the object. Following his finger, Carl saw what appeared to be a lump. Moving to it, he realized it was no other than the Great Hunter David Kaulfuss.
"Pity. What a way to go," he murmured as he inspected the body. His neck was completely mutilated and blood was all over the chest and what used to be a face was repainted all red. There were a few scratches on his arms and some bite marks on his legs. David's eyes were open wide full of terror. Carl closed his eyelids and turning to the sicken Cain, he ordered, "Get something to hold the body and when we return, Kaulfuss will be given the appropriate burial."
"Yes sir," he replied.
Carl strolled up to the cage to where the prisoners were held. "One of our own was murdered by your own kind and I feel the right way to avenge his death is by doing the same way to you," he sneered. "But I'm not going to do that to you. Oh no, no, no." He grabbed the bars and growled, "She will pay! And when I'm through with her you all will share the same fate!" Letting go, he laughed all the way to where the rest of the group was.
The prisoners looked at each other with worry. "I hope Christina isn't here," whispered a lovely dark-haired woman. She looked at the handsome man next to her as he nodded in agreement. Wrapping his arm around his wife, he pulled her to him and rested his chin on her head. The other prisoner glazed at the couple and turned her focus into the jungle. "Christina," she said, "I hope you're not here for your parents' sake."
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"Hurry! We have to get out of here," yelled Christina. The weary explorers' trudged behind her. They were all waken early and had no time to eat breakfast since Christina was hustling them out the tree house. There was no explanation for the rush and Marguerite was becoming angry.
"Christina! What's the rush?" she called.
Still facing behind, Christina retorted, "If you all want to live then you'll follow me with no questions ask until I say."
The tone made all of them quiet and they kept walking in silence. Finn couldn't take it any more and ran up to the future girl. "Hey! Look I know you want to get out of here but you don't have to be rude to my friends'. They brought you in and the least you could do is show them some respect and answer them! You keep saying how horrible your life is and they felt sorry for you! But it's not enough is it? You keep an image that all humans' are bad and you forget that people are different and you can't assume their feelings. I know you've gotten close to Marguerite and think of her for a second and not yourself. She's willing to help you because she went through the same troubles as you. I'm sorry you lost Mark but guess what?! I lost all of my family and friends' and you don't see me sulking! So why don't you take a good look at yourself and see you are no different than David." Finn left Christina and went to check on Marguerite.
Resuming her pace, Christina thought of what Finn just said. She's right, she thought, I am no different than David. I guess I should offer them an explanation to my behavior.
"We'll take a break in 10 minutes and then I'll tell you everything that's to be known," she said.
Christina looked at Finn and Finn smiled.
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After walking for another mile, Christina and the others' stopped near a pond. While Challenger and Veronica were filling their canteens, Christina apologized to Marguerite.
"It's okay," the heiress said.
Christina gave her a small smile. "I know I can be demanding at times and a little bossy but I'm just stressed out."
"That sounds familiar," Roxton smirked as he looks at his beloved.
"I do not Lord Roxton!" she yelled and hit his arm.
Rubbing his arm, he grinned. How I love to tease her, he thought.
How I love to wipe that silly grin off his face, even if I have to kill him, the dark-haired beauty thought.
When Veronica and Challenger came back, Christina decided to get to the point.
"First of all, I want to say thank you for your kindness and I'm terribly sorry I was pushy this morning. I told Roxton that I had a feeling the other vampire hunters were coming. I wanted to leave the tree house immediately so we can take an advantage of them when they come. I bought us some time by leaving David out where they could find him and when they're busy with him we can leave this area and go to a safer ground."
"A safer ground? Sorry Christina but I grew up on the plateau and there's no safer place than the tree house," Veronica told her.
The vampire shook her head. "There is a much safer place for to us to go and I'm not surprised you don't know about it."
"What is it?" inquired the scientist.
"When my ancestors built the temple I used to come here, they transported themselves what they called 'paradise'. This is 'paradise' for any vampire since there's plenty of game and no pesky vampire hunters. Nathaniel had a castle built that could house hundreds of vampires whenever there was a need to escape. Sadly, the location died with Nathaniel and the people who built it. No one could find it and it became a legend for kids to hear. I know where it is and so does Roxton, Marguerite, and Challenger."
"You mean.?" Marguerite asked.
"Yup. Calista's castle."
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Meanwhile, Carl and his group weren't faring well. They already lost two men to some raptors and the group became terrified. They were starting to run low on ammo and the men were becoming restless. They wanted to leave and give up on the chase. They already have 3 vampires and that's a pretty good haul.
But Carl wasn't willing to give up.
"Sir, could we at least leave? We have 3 of the creatures and we are not going to find Christina or whomever you want. She's gone and we are not going to find her," stated Johnson.
"Shut up Johnson and that's a order," Carl replied.
The group kept going on. Carl knew neither of them would understand of his intentions. He not only wanted revenge, oh no, his goal extended from there. The death of the vampires' leaders will be a fine victory but that was not what he wanted. As crazy as it sounds he wanted to.
"Raptors!" yelled some men.
Out of the bushes were at least a dozen hungry raptors and these new trespassers looked pretty tasty.
"Fire men!" ordered Carl.
Before anyone who could get the first shot, one raptor jumped on Johnson. Johnson started screaming as the raptor took a tasty bite of his arm. The others circled around the group and the men stood there dumbfounded. The cage where Christina's parents and friend were was attack by a couple of raptors.
"Leave us!!!!" hissed Christina's father. The others ran to the front and bearing their fangs hissed and yelled at the dinosaurs. Out of pure luck, the raptors stopped and joined the others.
"Shoot you maggots!" yelled Carl.
With no reaction, Carl took his rifle and started firing at the raptor that held Johnson captive. He fell dead and then the other men started firing.
"Ahhhh!" screamed one man.
"Help!!!" screamed another.
No matter how much they tried fighting the raptors seemed to keep coming and they're not willing to give up this snack. One raptor came up behind Carl and shoved him to the ground. Carl's rifle flew from his hands and he laid there in terror, as the raptor was about to rip his leg off.
Bang!
The raptor fell dead and Cain looked at Carl and threw him his rifle. "Thanks son!" Carl said.
After a few minutes, the remaining raptors gave up and fled. The men cheered and Carl went around checking the wounded.
"Thanks Magger. I owe you," Johnson said.
"You do," he replied. Carl pointed his gun at Johnson's head and fired. The others stood there in shock at the scene before them.
"Any one who is wounded must be eliminated and that's an order!" he stated.
"Why would you kill your own men?" yelled Christina's friend, Monica.
"It's the only way to end their suffering and to prevent them from turning into you!" he spat.
Turning towards Cain, Carl said: "Cain I'm putting you in charge of making sure this order is being pull through. I don't want to see any men bleeding on my turf, understand?"
"Yes but sir what about the ones who aren't severely wounded," Cain pointed out to his buddy Brown, who had a small cut on his arm thanks to a scratch of a raptor's nail.
"Shoot them anyways. We can always go back for more men," Carl mumbled.
So the order was carried out much to the men distastes. It was hard to kill a friend or family, since a son had to shoot his father. The bodies were piled on top of each other for any hungry predators. Carl told them that they couldn't give them a proper memorial since they had no room to carry them.
They went off on the unmarked trail. Carl kept moving with his head high and in the back some men whispered among themselves about their leader's attitude. The prisoners were sickened by the actions'.
"Mr. Smith why would they do such a thing?" asked Monica.
"Simple, Mon. The only true cannibals are humans since they have no feelings to the likes of a lower life," he explained.
"I can't believe I used to be one of them," whispered Claire, Christina's mother.
Her husband held her close and they sat in silence.
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After a few hours Cain tried to convince Carl that they were lost and should turn back.
"Sir, we have no ammo in case of another ambush. We should abort and return these men home safely," he said.
Carl blinked. "I'm surprised by you Cain. I was hoping you would have more faith in me."
"I do but it's just."
"What? I promise you on the grave of my mother's that we will find a place to keep us safe."
"You had a mother?" asked Cain incredulous.
"Surprising isn't it?" Carl laughed. "You know I like you a lot and you could go places if you're with me."
Cain left him and thought of what Carl said.
Carl grinned. The lad's a sharp pick and that's the kind of attitude we need, he thought.
In a half hour the men grew restless and complained about everything. Carl kept on a straight face and kept moving. Cain was about to try to talk some sense into him when Carl stopped.
"What it is sir?"
"I told you Cain I will find a safe place for us and looks like I found ourselves our own heaven in the jungle," Carl pointed up.
High in the trees stood the tree house.
To be continued.............
So what do you guys think? We have some people close to Christina who are prisoners to Carl. The tree house gang is on their way to Calista's castle and the jerk Carl had most of his men killed and found the tree house. I don't know about you but there sure are some pretty frustrating suspenseful scenes. I love it!!! Please review!!! I need some more reviews or I might not finish. Just Kidding!!! Do you think I would do that? Nooooooooo.